AN URGENT inquiry has been launched after two Loughborough Dynamo FC players were sent off the pitch following an incident at last night’s match.

Loughborough Dynamo FC lost 2-4 to Basford United in the Integro League Cup on Tuesday night - but the game was overshadowed by an incident which left Dynamo with just eight players on the pitch.

A statement from the directors of Loughborough Dynamo FC said: “An incident occurred during the Loughborough Dynamo v Basford United Integro League Cup tie on the evening of Tuesday November 15th involving two Loughborough Dynamo players, Jamie Clarke and Tom Waumsley, resulting in both players being sent off.

“The Directors of Loughborough Dynamo FC are conducting an urgent enquiry into the matter.”

On the official Twitter account for Loughborough Dynamo FC, one tweet from Tuesday night live at the match read: “Dynamo down to 8 men, fighting each other!!!”

A later tweet read: “PS it was Clarke and Waumsley - disgraceful.”

Here is the full match report for the game:

Basford United came away from the Nanpantan Sports Ground after a 4-2 win over Loughborough Dynamo in their first round encounter in the Integro League Cup, the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League’s own League Cup competition.

However, Dynamo played the last quarter of the game with only eight players following the double sending off of Jamie Clarke and Tom Waumsley for an incident.

The opening exchanges of the match saw little goal mouth action, but this all changed in the thirteenth minute when a wayward header from the Dynamo defence saw Basford wide man Courey Grantham pick up the loose ball, cut in from the left and fire home a low shot across Dynamo goalkeeper Liam Sharpe to give Basford the lead.

Six minutes later Grantham repeated the move and his deflected shot was turned away by Sharpe. Grantham was then prominent after delivering a curling free kick into the heart of the Dynamo penalty area, the ball bobbling around the Dynamo area before being cleared.

The twenty-fifth minute saw Dynamo lose the ball in midfield, and good play by Basford set up Kyle Dixon, who fired just over the Dynamo bar from outside the penalty area. Grantham was prominent in this half with his runs down the Basford left, and in the thirty-third minute his low shot was saved well by Sharpe, turning the ball for a corner.

The match changed in the thirty-ninth minute. Dixon’s shot hit a Dynamo post and ran out to Grantham. The number 11 hit a goal bound shot which Dynamo defender Danny Brain handled. Referee Richard Cattell had no option but to send Brain off for denying a goalscoring opportunity, and award Basford a penalty, which number 9 Ben Hutchinson put low to Sharpe’s left to double Basford’s lead.

The match changed again a minute later when a mix up in the Basford defence saw Saul Deeney out of his goal. Lavell White picked the loose ball up and scored, his shot eluding two Basford players on the goal line. Then in the second minute of added time defender Louis Guest glanced home a near post header from a corner to ensure the half time score was 2-2.

On the restart Dynamo’s 10 men were not out of the game. Grantham was first to threaten for either side this half, his shot being saved with his feet by Sharpe. An outstanding run by Dynamo midfielder Jordan Ball saw him on goal, but his shot to Deeney’s near post hit the side netting.

Basford continued to pressure the Dynamo defence, but the back line battled hard, with Sharpe in outstanding form. The match then took a bizarre turn in the sixty-eighth minute when an incident occurred between Dynamo players Clarke and Waumsley which resulted in both players receiving straight red cards, leaving Dynamo with eight players.

Basford, with a three player advantage, had more of the play but continued to be denied by Sharpe, producing outstanding saves from Grantham and Jack Duffy. Left back Jamie Walker’s fine shot in the seventy- fifth minute saw as good a response from Sharpe. Dynamo were doing well to keep Basford at bay, and hopefully hold scores level to the end of normal time, at which point the game would go to a penalty shootout.

The numerical advantage for the visitors eventually told, but it wasn’t until five minutes from the end of normal time that Basford took the lead. A fine solo run by former Dynamo player Walker saw the left back cut in from the left wing and score with a low shot.

Basford pressed to put the game out of Dynamo’s reach, and Sharpe produced two fine saves in the closing stages before Basford number 7 Duffy scored with a low drive in the first minute of added time to give the Nottingham side a 4-2 victory and progress to the second round of the Integro League Cup.